REFORMATION HERO OF THE DAY: Peter Waldo
Quote:In 1176 Peter Waldo, a wealthy merchant from Lyons, became convinced that the way to heaven was through a life of poverty and service to Christ. He sold most of his possessions and gave the...
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Quote:The Waldenses are older than all the pre-Reformation movements named up to now and they still exist today. Their history begins with Peter Waldo (Valdes). The teaching they take from the Bible...
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Waldo proves that Luther didn't just come up with everything as Catholics claim he did. It also proves the Reformation was bound to happen and Spirit-led.
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Quote:Like all so-called "heretical" movements, it was soon repressed and persecuted by the civil and religious authorities. Despite the difficulties and the pursuit of the Inquisition, the movement...
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Quote:Waldo's beliefs were founded on the Bible, especially the Gospels. He believed that there was no need to interpret the Bible because it spoke clearly for itself. All that was needed was to make...
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Quote:The Waldensians were orthodox in their beliefs, but they were outside of the organizational structure of the Roman Catholic Church. They traveled in pairs, preaching the Gospel. They were humble...
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Quote:The Authentic Early Church assemblies of the Waldenses of the French Alps, were persecuted, and the majority exterminated by the merciless persecution of the corrupt Roman Church. Still a...
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Around 1175, and in the city of Lyons in France, a hotbed of Christian orthodoxy as well as heresy, the citizen Peter Waldo commissioned a poor student to translate the Gospels into French. A...
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